STAND. COM. REP. NO. 614-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1807

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1807 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the Works of Art Special Fund's one percent transfer requirement to exclude capital improvement appropriations for the renovation of state buildings.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from four individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; King Kamehameha Celebration Commission; one member of the Hawaii County Council; HULI PAC; East Hawaii Cultural Center; Ka Ohana O Na Pua; Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui; Hawaii Arts Alliance; Capitol Modern; ART+FLEA, MORI by Art+Flea; 808 Breakers; Keiki Breaks; Donkey Mill Art Center; Hula Preservation Society; Maui Arts & Cultural Center; Hawaiʻi Contemporary; House of Bloom Artist Collective; Kahilu Theatre Foundation; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from four individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Works of Art Special Fund has been successful in enhancing the physical environment of state buildings through requiring the State to designate one percent of construction and renovation costs for state buildings for the acquisition of works of art. However, your Committee finds it unnecessary to fund the furnishing of art for construction of site work. Your Committee therefore finds that amending the Special Fund's requirement to exclude the construction of site work from the one percent of transfer requirement for acquiring works of art would better allocate state resources.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Reinstating the existing application of the one percent transfer requirement to capital improvement appropriations designated for the renovation of state buildings;

(2) Excluding from the one percent transfer requirement appropriations that limit work strictly to construction of site work; and

(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1807, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1807, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs,

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ADRIAN K. TAM, Chair